Apple brings 3D Flyover to Maps in France, including Disneyland Paris

Apple has been expanding its 3D Flyover coverage in its Maps service, this week bringing the feature to areas of France, including Disneyland Paris.

Apple has been expanding its 3D Flyover coverage in its Maps service, this week bringing the feature to areas of France, including Disneyland Paris.

French Apple blog iGen.fr reports that Apple's new Flyover coverage brings 3D buildings to Paris and surrounding areas, including Versailles, Aulnay-sous-Bois and L'Hay-les-Roses.

The latest updates come as part of Apple's recent efforts to quietly improve the service, which was widely criticised when it launched with iOS 6 in September.

In March, Apple added 3D buildings to its Maps app for 12 new cities, including Birmingham, Dublin, London and Manchester, which were all listed on Apple's iOS 6 feature availability page. Apple does not yet appear to have updated the feature availability page following the introduction of 3D buildings in Paris and its surrounding areas, and currently lists Lyon the only city in France that is compatible with the feature.

When it launched last year, Apple's Maps service was blasted for its inaccuracies, poor quality imagery, lack of transit directions and more, which led CEO Tim Cook to issue a public apology for the service little more than a week after it was launched. Cook said that Apple's Maps would improve with time as users reported problems, but advised users to turn to Microsoft's Bing, Google's web app, or other mapping services in the meantime.